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Globally, 748 WPV cases were reported with onset during 1 January–30 September 2010 compared to 1271 cases for the same period in 2009 (a 41% reduction); 476 (64%) cases were associated with the Tajikistan outbreak (18 occurring outside of Tajikistan). In the endemic countries of Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan, 157 cases were reported in 2010 through 30 September, compared with 973 cases in the same time period in 2009 (an 84% reduction). A total of 69 cases were reported in Angola, Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2010 through 30 September. As of 2 November, Sudan has not detected WPV in over 15 months.

Of concern are recent outbreaks in polio-free countries: 1 case in Uganda in late September suggesting undetected circulation there and/or in Kenya in 2010, and 213 suspected cases in Republic of the Congo as of 9 November. This latter outbreak is under investigation and not further discussed in this report.

For the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), 2009 was a pilot year: an irony for a 20-year effort, but one that breathed innovation and fresh thinking into the initiative. At the beginning of the year, poliovirus survived in parts of four coun...

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Global Immunization Division.. National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases..

Published Date:

24-Jan-12

Description:

In addition to quarterly assessment of risks to the global polio eradication initiative that began September 2010,beginning in 2011, CDC reports quarterly on the Strategic Plan Major Process Indicators (MPIs) of the Global PolioEradication Initiative...

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Global Immunization Division.. National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases..

Published Date:

24-Jan-12

Description:

In addition to quarterly assessment of risks to the global polio eradication initiative that began September 2010, beginning in 2011, CDC reports quarterly on the Strategic Plan Major Process Indicators (MPIs) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiati...

National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Global Immunization Division.. National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases..

Published Date:

20-Sep-11

Description:

This 3rd quarter 2011 CDC Assessment of Risks to the GPEI Strategic Plan 2010-2012 evaluates indicators based on the criteria in the 2011 MPIs [Strategic Plan Major Process Indicators] applied over the previous 12 months. For each of the countries af...

Looking back on the second year of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) Strategic Plan 2010–2012, the scales are balanced between significant achievements on the one side and, on the other, some disappointing setbacks.WHO/POLIO/12.02GPEI_...